In memory of

Sergeant

Cecil Harris Parr

who died on 2 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number L12279
  Date of death 19440802
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L12279 Sergeant (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Cecil Harris Parr (b.1910) of Wolseley was KIA 19440802 during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. Parr was wounded at Dieppe. He was the son of William Findlay and Grace Elizabeth Parr who homesteaded SW6-16-10-W2 southwest of Wolseley. Cecil was born at Candiac and educated at Greenville school and at Wolseley and was farming when he enlisted at Weyburn late in 1939.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 155 - Wolseley
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Wolseley
  Geo-memorial Parr Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.5333°N / 105.3833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73I11
  Geo-memorial details East of the old Molanosa site at the north end of Montreal Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19100309
  Place of birth Candiac    
  Date of enlistment 19391004
  Place of enlistment Weyburn    
  Residence on enlistment Wolseley    
  Occupation farmer
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